Leicester chief Claudio Ranieri says Jose Mourinho "is a fabulous individual" and any issues between the two are "ancient".

The champions play Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, with the two chiefs having conflicted before.

Mourinho called Ranieri "a washout" in the wake of supplanting him at Chelsea furthermore offended him while Inter Milan manager.

Ranieri said: "Mourinho is an incredible director, smart, cunning. "[The issues] were quite a while prior."

Mourinho supplanted Ranieri at Chelsea in 2004 and said that the club considered the Italian to be "a washout", before the pair over and over dropped out while both overseeing in Serie A.

The Manchester United manager won the treble with Inter toward the end of his three-year spell 2010, with Ranieri accountable for Juventus and Roma amid that period.

Mourinho scrutinized Ranieri's order of English, said he was "very nearly 70" when he was 56 and again addressed whether he had the mindset to win titles.

Be that as it may, Ranieri said any grievances were "ancient, not presently."

"It [their relationship] is awesome, great, no issues," he said.

"Why? Do you recall in the late spring when we had the Soccer Aid, I dealt with the Rest of the World group against Jose's English side.

"Perhaps he brings to the table me a decent red wine. I cherish red wine and on the off chance that he offers I will run and drink it with him [after Saturday's game]."

Joined finished a keep running of three annihilations with a win at Northampton in midweek, after which Mourinho called his pundits "football Einsteins".

Mourinho - who won his third and latest Premier League title with Chelsea in 2015 - saw his group intensely condemned after annihilation at Watford a weekend ago.

He told MUTV: "We had a terrible week. I realize that some football Einsteins, they attempted to erase 16 years of my vocation and erase a mind boggling history of Manchester United and concentrate on an awful week and three terrible results.

"In any case, that is the new football - it's loaded with Einsteins.

"I can see totally the mistake for the fans with the most recent week, yet I'm certain, back at home, they will be behind the group like they generally are."

Joined chief Wayne Rooney has additionally been censured for his late frame, yet he told MUTV: "I don't generally listen to what many individuals out there are stating, on the grounds that a great deal of it is waste."